Guide-bed for the deposit of metallic leaf upon strips of material to be ornamented.



C. E. SMITH.

GUIDE BED FOR THE DEPOSIT 0F METALLIC LEAF UPON STRIPS 0F MATERIAL TO BE ORNAMENTED.

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GUIDE-BED FOR THE DEPOSIT OF METALLIC LEAF UPON STRIPS 0F MATERIAL TO BE- ORNAMENTED.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oak Lawn, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Guide-Beds for the Deposit of Metallic Leaf Upon Strips of Material to Be Ornamented, of which the following is a specification.

In ornamenting the surface of various articles with gold leaf by means of a stamping die, it is customary to apply oil to the said surface for causing the gold leaf to temporarily adhere thereto preparatory to receiving the impression of the heated die; but when using articles made of celluloid or of certain other substances a coating of oil will prevent the proper adherence of the gold to the surface of the article, after it has received the impression of the die. Hence, oil cannot be applied in all cases to the entire surface of the material which is to be ornamented with gold leaf; but I have succeeded in gilding such articles by applying oil to the marginal portions of the article, only, the fillet of gold leaf being thus held against that portion of the surface of the article upon which the ornamental impression is to be made, free from a continuous coating of oil as heretofore employed in the process of stamping. And my invention consists in an improved guidebed adapted for the deposit of gold leaf upon the surface of a celluloid strip, or a similar article, by applying a coating of oil to its marginal portions alone, and not to the surface upon which the heated die is caused to act for the purpose of ornamentation.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 represents the front side view of a guidebed embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 represents a longitudinal section taken in the line 3, 8, of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 represents the same section shown in Fig. 3 and also a longitudinal section of the celluloid strip which is to'be ornamented. Fig. 5 represents a section taken on the line 5, 5, of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 represents a section taken in the line 6, 6, of Fig. 2. Fig. 7 represents the face view of a celluloid strip and Fig. 8 an end view of the same.

In the drawing, or represents the bed plate r f am f th mach n 71 ne of th par Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 25, 1916.

Serial No. 646,710.

allel guidebars, and 0- the other, the said guide bars being each provided with a rabbet groove or recess cl adapted to receive the edge e of the strip 7. The guide bar 6 1s fixedly secured to the plate a, and the guide bar 0 is made adjustable toward and from the side of the guide bar Z) by means of the slotted arms g, g, and the milled screws h, 72.. The oiling pads 2', i, are tightly held in the proper position for oiling the opposite edges 6 e of the strips, by means of the movable blocks j, 7', and the tightening screws 70, 7c, the said screws being held in slots Z, made in the said guide bars.

In the use of my improved guide-bed, the oil is first applied to the marginal portion of the strip by the movement of the same past the oiling pads which being lightly made of cloth or loose felt are when pressed to their seats by the screws, caused to extend over the edge of the bed so as to produce the required deposit of oil upon the strip.

At the delivering end of the guide-bed is placed the stationary cutter m, which projects slightly above the level of the plate a, the said cutter serving to cut the fillet of gold leaf by its engagement therewith upon the forward movement of the gilding wheel.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a guide-bed for depositing gold leaf upon a strip of material to be ornamented, the combination of a bed-plate, and a rabbeted guide-bar thereon, with a projecting oiling pad held in the face of the said guidebar, for oiling the marginal portion of the said strip as it is being moved along the said guide-bar, preparatory to the application of a fillet of metallic leaf thereto.

2. A guide bed of the character described comprising a body portion having a fixed longitudinally extending wall which projects above said body portion and a movable longitudinally extending wall which likewise projects above said body portion, means for adjusting the movable wall toward and from the fixed wall and a pad of absorbent material embedded in each of said walls and being exposed at the adjacent faces of said walls.

3. A guide bed of the character described comprising a body portion having a fixed longitudinally extending wall which projects above said body portion and a movable longitudinally extending wall which likewise projects above said body portion,

means for adjusting the movable wall toward and from the fixed wall, a pad of absorbent material embedded in each of said walls and being exposed at the adjacent faces of said walls and there being longitudinally extending grooves formed in said walls at the juncture of said wall with said body portion, said pads extending across said rooves.

4. device of the character described comprising a body portion having along one side an upstanding wall, a movable wall lying in spaced relation to said upstandingwall to thereby form an elongated. channel between said Walls, said walls having continuous grooves'formed therein at the bases of their adjacent faces, means for adjusting said movable wall toward said fixed wall and pads of absorbent material carried by said wallsand exposed at the inner faces of said walls and extending across said grooves. ,l

5. A device of the character described comprising a base, a pair of upstanding Walls carried thereby and lying in spaced relation to each other to form a channel between them, said walls being undercut along their inner faces at their juncture with said base to form guide grooves and vertically disposed pads of absorbent material embedded in each of said walls and extending across said guide grooves whereby a strip passed longitudinally through said channel and guided in said guide grooves will have its edges coated by said pads.

6. A. device of the character described comprising a base, a pair of upstanding walls carried thereby, and lying in spaced relation to each other to form a channel between them, said walls being undercut along their inner faces at their juncture with said base to form guide grooves, vertically disposed pads of absorbent material embedded in each of said walls and extending across said guide grooves whereby a strip passed longitudinally through said channel and guided in said guide grooves will have its edges coated by said pads and a cutter disposed at one end of said channel and extending thereacross.

CHARLES E. SMITH.

Witnesses: I

SOCRATES SCHOLFIELD, BENJAMIN L. DENNIS.

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